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Virginia Fluecured, Southern Light Soils (SLS)

This crop is graded under the International plant position system both at the farm level and for export. The tobacco is Light bodied and has the suitability to blend well with any tobacco.

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Soil
Planting
Marketing
Physical Characteristics

a) Color
b) Leaf Size
c) Pore Volume (ml/gm)
d) Filling Value (cc/gm)

Chemical Analysis
a) Nicotine %
b) Reducing Sugars %



: Sandy Loams to Laterite
: mid October to mid of
  November
: February to May
: Lemon to Orange
: Small to Medium
: 0.13
: 2.6 to 3.5

: 1.0 to 2.0
: 10.0 to 17.0